Artist(s):

unknown maker

Composed Title English:

He will be the head of the family.

Inscribed Title:

Dieser wird das Haupt der Familie seyn

Inscription:

Lith. Anst. o.4 W. Goedesche W. Steinmeth in Meissen.

Description:

Archdeacon Lucien on his deathbed, talking to Joseph, but designating Napoleon: "You are the eldest of the family, but always remember that here is the head." After Charles Bonaparte died in 1785, the Archdeacon became in a sense the family patriarch until his death in 1791. Here Napoleon's mother and siblings are shown huddled around the Archdeacon's deathbed, in a state of great emotional turmoil; only the young Napoleon (22 at the time) seems to be above all of this.

Subject Heading(s):

Bonaparte, Lucien, Archdeacon (1718-1791)

LocNo:

DC203 H53 1840

Added Location:

vol. 1, opp. p. 20